The airport has capacity to handle 350 daily operations and 850,000 passengers per year,[3] it comprises a concrete runway, a parallel taxiway, several hangars, a commercial aviation apron, a general aviation apron, a military base, and a state-of-the-art commercial terminal equipped with six glass jetways, two of which are capable of handling medium-large airliners such as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330. To improve the airport's capacity, the check-in and boarding gates areas will be expanded in 2015 to accommodate up to 140,000 passengers per month.[4]

According to official statistics provided by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, in 2014 the airport handled 928,243 passengers, becoming the busiest airport in the Southwestern region and the 15th in Mexico. [5]